GitLab API not setting labels and assignee_ids

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Update: After some additional testing, it appears that the api user must be an admin to change the label and assign users. Is there any reason why that is?

Question:
I’m working with GitLab 12.5, and posting a new issue through the API works with the exception that labels and assignee_ids are ignored. I’m writing utility to migrate bugzilla bugs (with attachments) to GitLab. (side note: if you know of any way to set the author of the issue and notes/comments please let me know. Right now the author for each issue/note is a utility account I’ve created to do this automation)

Here is my POST body:

  {
    title: 'Verify entries',
    description: '\n' +
      '*Creation Date*: `2017-03-31T14:24:09Z`  \n' +
      '*Priority*: `Normal`  \n' +
      '*Severity*: `enhancement`  \n',
    labels: 'confirmed,enhancement,priority::medium',
    created_at: '2017-03-31T14:24:09Z',
    assignee_ids: [ '1' ]
  }

I tried changing the type of those fields:

  {
    title: 'Verify entries',
    description: '\n' +
      '*Creation Date*: `2017-03-31T14:24:09Z`  \n' +
      '*Priority*: `Normal`  \n' +
      '*Severity*: `enhancement`  \n',
    labels: [ 'confirmed', 'enhancement', 'priority::medium' ],
    created_at: '2017-03-31T14:24:09Z',
    assignee_ids: [ 1 ]
  }

I even tried moving the labels and ids to the url. Here is the entire require that’s being sent through the node library request-promise-native:

{
  method: 'POST',
  uri: 'http://myaddress/api/v4/projects/2/issues?labels=confirmed,priority::medium,enhancement&assignee_ids=1',
  body: {
    title: 'Verify entries',
    description: '\n' +
      '*Creation Date*: `2017-03-31T14:24:09Z`  \n' +
      '*Priority*: `Normal`  \n' +
      '*Severity*: `enhancement`  \n',
    created_at: '2017-03-31T14:24:09Z'
  },
  json: true,
  headers: { 'PRIVATE-TOKEN': 'removed' }
}

I verified that the labels and user id do exist. Any thoughts?

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It could be that my api user was a group level guest. Still no way to change the author, though.